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Image Not Available for from The Story of America
from The Story of America
Image Not Available for from The Story of America

from The Story of America

Artist Tony Chen (American, born in Kingston, Jamaica, 1929-1994)
Publisher National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C., founded 1888)
Date1983
MediumWatercolor, gouache, and ink on paper
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number1988.0785.004
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Image Not Available for from The Story of America
from The Story of America
Tony Chen
1983
Image Not Available for from The Story of America
from The Story of America
Tony Chen
1983
Image Not Available for from The Story of America
from The Story of America
Tony Chen
1983
Image Not Available for from The Story of America
from The Story of America
Tony Chen
1983
Image Not Available for Group entry for The Story of America
Group entry for The Story of America
Tony Chen
1983
Image Not Available for Group entry for Story of America
Group entry for Story of America
Tony Chen
1984
Image Not Available for “Other nights Sammy lingered by the wide fireplace listening to the moaning sound of his aunt’s spinning wheel, or he joined the many children gathered in the kitchen. Negroes sat there telling fearsome stories of Old Raw Head and Bloody Bones—or the tale of the ‘Golden Arm’.” Illustration design for America’s Mark Twain
“Other nights Sammy lingered by the wide fireplace listening to the moaning sound of his aunt’s spinning wheel, or he joined the many children gathered in the kitchen. Negroes sat there telling fearsome stories of Old Raw Head and Bloody Bones—or the tale of the ‘Golden Arm’.”
Illustration design for America’s Mark Twain
Lynd Ward
c. 1962
Image Not Available for Jacob's Story, pages 42-43 from The Doubleday Illustrated Children's Bible
Jacob's Story, pages 42-43 from The Doubleday Illustrated Children's Bible
Tony Chen
c. 1983
Image Not Available for America America, cover for the portfolio America America
America America, cover for the portfolio America America
Papo Colo
2009
Image Not Available for Benito Juárez, Illustration Design for The Mexican Story
Benito Juárez, Illustration Design for The Mexican Story
Lynd Ward
c. 1953
Image Not Available for Thurgood in the Hour of Chaos from the portfolio America America
Thurgood in the Hour of Chaos from the portfolio America America
Rashid Johnson
2009
Image Not Available for Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev from the portfolio America America
Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev from the portfolio America America
Eleanor Antin
2009